London: Religious Tract Society, 1855. Hardcover. 8, 8, 8, 8 p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Dark green cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title: The Holy Day; marbled paper over boards. Four tracts for chldren published by the Religious Tract Society in London, bound together without publication information. Date of publication from... More
Philadelphia, Pa. John Ball, 1850. Hardcover. 284 p.: engraved frontispiece signed H. Corbould and Geo. N. Ellis; 13 cm. Light purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine title reading: Humourist's Own Book Book." Gilt-stamped spine decoration and front cover illustration. Back cover has identical blind-stamped illustration; both covers have blind-stamped decorative borders... More
New York: American Tract Society, 1848. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: woodcut title vignette and illustrations; 11 cm. Wrappers included in pagination. Wrapper title. "22" on front wrapper. Text concludes on back wrapper. No date of publication. Issued as part of the publisher's New Series of Children's Tracts, Illustrated, ser. I.... More
![Jackey Jingle [Uncle Frank's Series]](/pictures/thumb/001255.jpg?v=1472082200)
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1870. Cogger, Edward P. Paperback. [8] p.: hand-colored wood-engraved illustrations; 15 cm. Yellow wrapper printed in red and black; wood-engraved wrapper design signed "E.P.C." (Edward P. Cogger). Caption title: The History of Jackey Jingle and Sukey Single. "Uncle Frank's Series" at head of front wrapper. Textual... More
Boston and New York: John Martin's House; Houghton Miffin Co, 1919. Hardcover. [approx. 300] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Grey cloth spine with paper spine label printed in red and black; illustrated paper over boards. Cover title in red and yellow: John Martin's Big Book for Little Folk Number Three. Illustrated... More
New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space... More
Garden City, N.Y. John Martin's House, 1916. Paperback. [84] p.: illustrations (including 1 double-page illustration), music; 25 cm. Stapled paperback. Printed in orange and black throughout. Contains illustrated stories and poems by Louise A. Garnett, Eleanor Manierre, Marget E. Price, Lottie B. Gore, Harvey Peake, Eloise Robinson, Jo L. G.... More
Garden City, N.Y. John Martin's House, 1925. Paperback. [80] p.: illustrations (including 1 double-page illustration); 25 cm. Paperback. Printed in green and black throughout. Some pages in red and black. Contains illustrated stories and poems. Scarce. In Good Condition: cover is lightly soiled; loss of paper at ends of spine;... More
![Jolly Animal ABC [linen]](/pictures/thumb/003121.JPG?v=1472082273)
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1888. Paperback. [14] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Chromolithographed linen-backed covers. Cover title. Contains: 6 pages, with caption title on the first "The Baby's ABC", with one letter of the alphabet and one animal per verse; 6 pages with full-page chromolithographed illustrations of letters with their anthropomorphized... More
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Bros. 1942. Hardcover. [12] p.: color pop-up illustrations; 20 x 27 cm. Color illustrated heavy card covers. Inside of each cover included in page count. Contains five children's nursery stories and one Bible story, each illustrated with color pop-ups: The Three Little Pigs, Little Black Sambo, Jack... More
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Co., 1954. Hardcover. [44] p.: illustrations, crossword puzzles, music; 20 cm. Board book with illustrated covers; front cover has a cut-out revealing part of the title page. "A Bonnie Book" -- on front cover. Publisher's list of books in the Bonnie Books series. This title is... More
Battle Creek, Mich. W.K. Kellogg, 1909. Paperback. [10] card p.: color illustrations; 21 cm. Wrappers included in page count. Wrapper title. Patented 1907; copyright 1909. "580" -- on back wrapper. Advertisement on back wrapper includes 4-line verse about Corn Flakes with an illustration of children dancing around an over-size box... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Co., 1911. Hardcover. Approx. [160] p., color frontispiece: many full-page and in-text drawings; 25 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt-stamped spine decoration. Color pastedown on front cover by Julia Greene. White dust jacket with color illustration on front section. Publisher's advertisements... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1875. Paperback. [8] p.: illustrations; 16 cm. Wrapper included in page count. Front wrapper chromolithographed in red and yellow with title and publication information. "Little Delight's" -- at head of front wrapper. Verse about lazy Charlotte starts on front wrapper. Followed by a similar moral poem... More
![The Leisure Hour Library vol. 3 no. 185 1887 [Christmas issue]](/pictures/thumb/001889.jpg?v=1472082217)
New York: F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1887. Paperback. [2], 64 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Printed wrappers included in pagination. Contents: portraits of famous men and women; fancy work designs; games, including enigmas, riddles, conundrums, puzzles, rebuses, and charades; money-making secrets; lyrics to popular songs; selections for autograph albums; chemical experiments;... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1879. Kronheim, Joseph Martin. Paperback. 10, [2] p.: chromolithographed illustrations; 18 cm. Wrappers are paper over linen; the text and illustrations are printed on linen. Gilt, red, and green wrapper title and illustration. "Little Folks Series" -- at head of front wrapper. Front wrapper included in... More
![Little Bo Peep [Father Tuck's Dolly Dear Series]](/pictures/thumb/001236.jpg?v=1472082199)
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. [8] p.: in-text illustrations including 2 chromolithographed illustrations; 17 cm. Green stapled paper wrappers with chromolithographed front wrapper illustration of Bo Peep; publication information on back wrapper. Part of the publisher's Father Tuck's Dolly Dear Series. No. 2002 in the publisher's Artistic Series. No... More
New York: Worthington Co., 1893. Hardcover. Approx. [60] p.: many full-page and in-text line drawings, music; 25 cm. Chromolithographed paper over boards. Cover title and imprint. No date of publication. Publisher's advertisements on back cover include Worthington's Annual for 1893, which the last year Worthington Co. existed. First page title... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1930. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Yellow wrapper; front wrapper has white title and color illustration of Little Bo-Peep. Small number stamped in upper left-hand corner of front wrapper: 547. No publication information. In 1934 Whitman issued a 6-volume boxed set called Wee Little... More
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Brothers, 1920. [8] p.: color illustrations; 22 cm. Wrapper is blue ith full front wrapper illustration. "Untearable" -- at head of front wrapper. Wrappers included in page count. Printed on linen. Wrapper title and imprint. No date of publication. McLoughlin Brothers moved from New York City to... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1883. [8] p.: color illustrations; 23 cm. Chromolithographed paper wrappers with front wrapper illustration. Title and publication information from front wrapper. Back wrapper has illustration of three girls playing jump rope on a light blue background. Description in verse of each letter printed on inside wrappers... More
London, Paris, New York and Melbourne: Cassell and Co., 1903. Hardcover. iv, 475, [1] p., color frontispiece and 5 leaves of color plates: many in-text and full-page illustrations, music; 25 cm. Red cloth with gilt, black, and brown stamped spine and cover titles and illustrations. All page edges gilt. Yellow... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1875. Paperback. 6, [2] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Yellow wrapper printed and illustrated in red and black. Part of McLoughlin Brothers' Miss Merryheart's series. Wrapper title. Publisher's advertisements on back wrapper for board games, including The Monopolist, Jerome Park Steeple-Chase, Game of Life's Mishaps, Cats and... More
![Little Jack Horner [Father Tuck's Dolly Dear Series]](/pictures/thumb/001237.jpg?v=1472082199)
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [8] p.: in-text illustrations, including 2 tissue-guarded chromolithographed illustrations; 17 cm. Light green paper wrapper with chromolithographed front wrapper illustration. Part of the publisher's Father Tuck's Dolly Dear Series. Publication information on back wrapper; also identified as No. 2004. No date of publication... More
![The Little Old Woman [with a variant of the Taylors' "The Dunce of a Kitten"]](/pictures/thumb/001230.jpg?v=1472082198)
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1864. Paperback. [12] p.: color illustrations; 15 cm. Printed on limp linen, stitched. Not identified as part of any of the publisher's series. No date of publication; however, the publisher was at 30 Beekman, the address on the front wrapper, from 1864 to 1870. This is... More